Dez's wife is named Anahstasia, and she appears on the cover of the second Coal Chamber album Chamber Music. Dez has three sons: Tyler, Simon and Kaleb. "Tyler's Song", from the album Chamber Music, was written for Tyler. Simon, age twelve, added backing growls on DevilDriver's third album, The Last Kind Words (2007), on the song "Tirades Of Truth", during the last two lines of the chorus.

On September 26, 2011, it was announced that Coal Chamber would reunite for Australia's Soundwave Festival, which took place in early 2012.[1] As of October 2012, according to Dez, new material from Coal Chamber is in the works.[2]

Coal Chamber will be participating in a tour with Sevendust and Stolen Babies for early Spring of 2013.

According to Dez, the new album was completed in December of 2014. Coal Chamber now consists of the three founding members Dez Fafara, Miguel Rascon and Mikey Cox, with bassist Nadja Peulan rejoining the band in 2013, having originally played with Coal Chamber in 2003 and 2004. The band collaborated with Ministry's Al Jourgensen for their 4th studio album, titled 'Rivals'. [3]

In November 2011 it was announced that Fafara would appear on a track in Soulfly's 8th studio album.[4] The album is titled Enslaved and was released on March 13; the song Fafara appears in is called "Redemption of Man by God". In 2012 he performed on the song "Bastards!" by Canadian hardcore band Cancer Bats on their album Dead Set on Living.

Dez got his first tattoo at the age of 16. He has a large assortment of tattoos, including a tribal tattoo on his chin, a Nightmare Before Christmas tattoo on his chest, the DevilDriver logo on his upper arm, and the Coal Chamber logo on his forearm. He also has a tattoo reading DEZ on his knuckles.[citation needed]